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Australian Led Kokoda > Expedition Overview

Project Supported : $20 from your expedition fee will be used to purchase and install environmentally safe eco-toilets along the Kokoda Track. These toilets will ensure the Track remains pristine for generations to come and help local communities.

In 2010 we will be running several Eco-Toilet Installation Expeditions that will combine walking the Track as well as installing an environmentally friendly eco-toilet. If you would like to help protect this pristine environment and walk the Track, please consider these expeditions. 

For those on a tighter budget, why not check out our Locally Led Kokoda Treks for $2400?

HIGHLIGHTS
-Walk one of the most famous tracks in the world
-Understand what Australian soldiers endured during WWII
-Amazing terrain and river crossings (great swimming)
-Walk through the most pristine rain forests in the world
-Wonderful people with beautiful singing voices
-Undertake something that will push your body and spirit to new levels

OVERVIEW
The Kokoda Track was the scene of bitter fighting in 1942 as the Japanese advanced towards Port Moresby. Many Japanese and Australian soldiers died along the Track, both in battle and from malaria. As interest in Australia’s cultural identity and recent history grows, walking the Kokoda Track has become a rite of passage for a new generation of Australians.

Walking the Kokoda Track involves 50 hours of hiking over 90km of sharp, timbered ridges, steep-sided valleys and fast flowing rivers. Vantage points along the Track reveal magnificent mountain landscapes, and a wide variety of flora and fauna is encountered. Trekkers pass through local villages where descendents of the wartime “fuzzy wuzzy angels” continue to live simple traditional lifestyles while providing a warm welcome to passing trekkers.

The best time of the year to walk the Kokoda Track is the dry season, from April to October. A popular time to trek is over the ANZAC Day period where many Australians attend ANZAC Day Ceremonies either along the Kokoda Track or at Bomana War Cemetry, a very moving event indeed. Walking during the wet season is also possible but is much more challenging because the Kokoda Track is muddy and slippery, and river crossings may even be impassable after rain.

No Roads Expeditions offers guided Kokoda Track expeditions which can be booked for any week of the year. We also have scheduled departures that anyone is welcome to join. All food, equipment and guides (including an Australian guide) are provided. You only need to bring your personal gear and bedding.

We take a slightly different approach from some other trek operators who camp out every night of the trek and fly all food and drink in for the occasion, thus almost needing a camel train to carry all their supplies. We engage village guest houses along the Track to supply accommodation and some meals for our trekkers and porters, thus not only reducing the amount of food and equipment carried by the trekking party, but also injecting greater economic benefits into the micro-economies of the village communities along the Track.

Our food includes coconut milk curries, vegetarian pastas, fried rice, prawn crackers, damper etc. We do not use rehydratable vegetables and we don’t supply baked beans, just delicious and nutritious meals.

No Roads also supplies a portable shower tent so you can either wash in the rivers without soap or in our shower with soap which is kept away from water courses. We supply the soap. We can even provide a hot shower anywhere along the Kokoda Track.

Our Porters are well paid, well fed and motivated to provide you with a great experience. They set up tents, boil water, help you along the Track and at night, sing songs. On our trek you will have the choice each night of sleeping in village guest houses or in tents.

Note:
This 8 day 7 night trek is a demanding walk that requires an above-average level of fitness.

Click here to read one of our trekkers Blogs, Justin Kibell.

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